15th June 1215 King John agreed to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or Great Charter of English liberties, at Runnymede, near Windsor. The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed the nobles their feudal privileges and promised to maintain the nation's laws...

Events on this day in history: --> 1215, King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede. --> 1775, Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army. --> 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state in the Union. --> 1844, Charles Goodyear receives patent for his process to strengthen rubber. --> 1851, Jacob Fussell, a Baltimore dairyman, sets up the first ice- cream factory. --> 1878, First attempt at motion pictures (using 12 cameras, each taking one picture; done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground during a gallop. Leland Stanford bet they didn't. He lost!). --> 1928, Fay Wray marries John Monk Saunders. --> 1940, France surrenders to Hitler. --> 1916, Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.

Events on this day in history: --> 1782, The United States chooses the Eagle as its symbol. --> 1855, Commissioners appointed to lay out streets west of Larkin. --> 1893, Lizzie Borden found "Not Guilty" of taking an axe and giving her parents a combined total of 81 whacks. --> 1914, Noxema, is named because it "knocks eczema" out. --> 1948, Ed Sullivan has his first really big "shoe" on Sunday night TV. --> 1982, National Bald Eagle Day was declared.